Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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