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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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