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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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