Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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