Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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