Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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