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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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