Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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