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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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