Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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