Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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