Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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