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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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