Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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