Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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