Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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