Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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