Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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