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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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