Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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