Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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