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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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