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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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