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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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