Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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