Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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