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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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