Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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