Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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