Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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