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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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