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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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