Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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