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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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