Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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