Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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