Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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