Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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