Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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