Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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