Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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