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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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