Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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