Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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