Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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