Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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