Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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