Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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