Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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