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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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