Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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