Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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