Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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