Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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