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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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