Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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