Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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