Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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