Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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