Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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