Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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