Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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