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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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