Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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