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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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