Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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