Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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