Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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