Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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