Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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