Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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