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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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