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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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