Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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