Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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