Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses 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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