Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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