Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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