Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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