Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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