Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major 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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