Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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