Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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