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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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 open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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