Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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