Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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