Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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