Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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