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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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