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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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