Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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