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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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