Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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