Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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