Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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