Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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