Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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