Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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