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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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