Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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