Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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