Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers 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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