Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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