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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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