Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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