Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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