Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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