Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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