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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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