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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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