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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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