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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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