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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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