Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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