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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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