Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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