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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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