Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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