Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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