Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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