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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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