Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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