Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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