Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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