Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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