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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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