Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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