Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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