Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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