Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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