Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes 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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