Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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