Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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