Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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