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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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