Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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