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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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