Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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