Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates 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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