Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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