Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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