Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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