Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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