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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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