Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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