Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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