Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the 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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