Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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