Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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