Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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