Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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