Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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