Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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