Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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