Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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