Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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