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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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