Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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