Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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