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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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