Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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