Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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