Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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