Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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