Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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