Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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