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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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