Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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