Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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