Learn more about the exciting new 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 (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines 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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