Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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