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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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