Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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