Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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