Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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