Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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