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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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