Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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