Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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