Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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