Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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