Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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