Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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