Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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