Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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