Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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