Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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