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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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