Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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