Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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