Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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