Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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