Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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