Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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