Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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