Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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