Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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