Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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