Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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