Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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