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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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