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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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