Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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