Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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