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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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