Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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