Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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