Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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