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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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