Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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