Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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