Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews 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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