Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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