Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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