Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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