Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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