Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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