Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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