Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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