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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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