Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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