Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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