Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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