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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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