Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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