Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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