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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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