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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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