Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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