Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major 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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