Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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