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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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