Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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