Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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