Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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