Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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