Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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