Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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