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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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