Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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