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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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