Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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