Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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