Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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