Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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