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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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