Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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