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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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