Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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