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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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