Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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