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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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