Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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