Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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