Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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