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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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