Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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