Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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