Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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