Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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