Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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