Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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