Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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