Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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