Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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