Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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