Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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