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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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