Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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