Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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