Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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