Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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