Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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