Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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