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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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