Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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