Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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