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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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