Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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