Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major 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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