Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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