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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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