Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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