Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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