Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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