Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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