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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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