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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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