Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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