Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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