Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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