Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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