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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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