Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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