Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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