Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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