Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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