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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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