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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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