Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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