Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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