Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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