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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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