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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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