Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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