Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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