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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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