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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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