Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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