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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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