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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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