Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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