Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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