Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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