Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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