Find out more about the edifying 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 (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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