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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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