Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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