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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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