Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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