Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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