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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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