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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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