Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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