Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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