Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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