Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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