Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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