Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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