Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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