Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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