Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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