Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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