Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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