Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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