Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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