Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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