Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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