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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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