Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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