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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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