Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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