Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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