Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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