Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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