Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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