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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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