Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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