Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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