Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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