Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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