Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores 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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