Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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