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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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