Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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