Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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