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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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