Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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