Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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