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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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