Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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