Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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