Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key 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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