Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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