Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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