Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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