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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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