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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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