Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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