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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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