Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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