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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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