Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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