Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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