Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important 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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