Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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