Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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