Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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