Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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