Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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