Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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