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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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