Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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