Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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