Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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