Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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