Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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