Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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