Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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