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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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