Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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