Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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