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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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