Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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