Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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