Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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