Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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