Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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