Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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