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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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