Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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