Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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