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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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