Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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