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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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