Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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