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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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