Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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