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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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