Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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