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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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