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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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