Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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