Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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