Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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