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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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