Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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