Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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