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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part 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 MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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