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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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