Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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