Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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