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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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