Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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