Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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