Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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