Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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