Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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