Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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