Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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