Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the 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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