Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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