Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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