Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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