Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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