Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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