Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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