Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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