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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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