Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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