Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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