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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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