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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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