Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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