Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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