Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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