Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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