Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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