Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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