Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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