Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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