Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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