Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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