Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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