Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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