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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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