Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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