Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education