Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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