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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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