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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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