Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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