Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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