Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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