Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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