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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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