Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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