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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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