Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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