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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different 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 handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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