Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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