Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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