Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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