Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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