Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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