Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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