Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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