Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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