Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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