Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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