Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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