Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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