Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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