Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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