Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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