Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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