Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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