Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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