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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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