Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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