Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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