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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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