Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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