Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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