Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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