Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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