Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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