Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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