Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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