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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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