Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important 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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