Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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