Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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