Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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