Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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