Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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