Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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