Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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