Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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