Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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