Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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