Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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